Starching machine



G. G. McAMANT.

sTARcHlNG MACHINE.

. APPLKCATION FILED MAY 23. 1921.

lASlQ Patented oef, 24,1922.

I moms Patented Ust. 24, 1922.

mais s'r'rs GEORGE G. MGCAMANT, OF MATTOON, ILLINOIS.

STARCHING MACHINE.

Application led May 23,

Toy all whom, t may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen G. MGCAMANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at attoon, in the county of Coles and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Starching Machines,` of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of simple and inexpensive means whereby starch may be readily applied to collars or to neckbands of shirts or to other articles of wearing apparel to which it may be desired to impart a stiffened finish. The invention also seeks to provide a device which may be readily set up at any desired point'for use and which, when not in use,

may be easily removed and stored out of the way, and a further object of the invention is to so arrange theworking parts that thestarch will not be spattered upon the operator nor applied to those parts of the garment or other article which are to remain in a soft condition. The several statedobjects and other incidental objects which will appear in the course of the following description are attained in suchran apparatus as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and the invention resides in certain novel features which will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure l is a perspective view, with parts broken away, showing my improved apparatus arranged for use;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the starch box and the starch rolls with the parts immediately adjacent the same.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a base plate l which may be of any desired material and is adapted to be secured to a table 2 or other support by clamps 3 in an obvious mannern Between the ends of the base plate l, a standard 4 rises therefrom and to the upper end of this standard, I secure an arm 5 which is adapted to project forwardly therefrom and has a conical or tapered roller 6 loosely mounted upon its forward end. Below its upper extremity, the standard 4 is constructed with van opening or slot 7 and in the said opening, I pivotally secure an arm 8 which is adapted to project forwardly from the standard and is equipped at its forward end with a loosely mounted tapered or conical roller 9 which is covered with some textile or other soft 1921. Serial N0. 471,705.

absorbent material. To the arm 8 in front of the standard, I pivotally attach the upper end of a link l0 which, as shown clearly in F ig. l, consists of two members provided with longitudinal slots 1l and connected by a set bolt l2 inserted through the slots in an obvious manner. link is pivoted to a foot lever or pedal 13 which is fulcrumed upon a base plate 14 of suiicient area to set firmly upon the oor of the room in which the apparatus is used. Below the lower arm 8, I secure to the standard 4 a shelf or rest l5 upon which the starch box 16 is to be supported and the starch box may be of any desired dimensions or material but will preferably be of metal in order that the heat of the starch may be retained for as long a period as possible. The back wall 17 of the starch box terminates below the sides of the same, as clearly shown, so that ample play of the pivoted arm 8 will be permitted. To retain the starch box in position upon the shelf while the apparatus is in use, I provide the wings or side plates 18 which are hinged to the side edges of the shelf and are adapted to be swung up close against the sides of the starch box, as will be readly understood on reference to Fig. lo @ne of these wings or side plates carries a pivotally mounted hook 19 adapted to engage an eye 2O on the other wing so that when the wings are swung up against the starch box and the hook engaged in the eye, the hook will extend across the front end of the box and prevent the same sliding forward from the shelf or rest. I also provide hooks 2l upon the wings near the rear ends thereof adapted to engage eyes 22 upon the standard so that the wings will be positively held in their raised position.

A brace 23 is secured to the standard 4 and depends therefrom behind the link 10, and is equipped at its lower end with guides 24 between which the link plays. The brace may conveniently be a flat plate and may be provided with a central groove to receive the link whereby to prevent movement of the link and hold it to a rectilinear path.

In using the apparatus, the weight of the lower roller 9 and the arm 8 with the link l0 pivoted to said arm will serve to hold the said roller in its lowered position, as shown in full lines in Fig. l and in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The covering of the roller 9 will be thereby caused to dip into the starch within The lower end of the,

'the box 16 and become coa-ted therewith. The collar or other article to which starch is to be applied is brought into position below the upper' roller 6 and the pedal 13 yis then rocked so as to lift the linlr 10 and thereby swing the arm 8 upwardly so that the roller 9 will be brought to the roller 6 and against the end ofthe article ywhich has been placed in position beneath said roller. The article is then drawn between the rollers Kfrom end to end and, as Vthe rollerf9 is `held in its raised position and yin contact with Lt-he article by lpressure upon the pedal 13, lsufficient viirictional engage ment will be created between the article and the rollers to effect rotation of the rollers and,.consequently, the-coated surface of the lower roller will move with the article and cause starch to 4be applied to Vthe same.

Afterione surface ofthe article lhas been thuscoated, the article may be reversed and drawn back between `the rollers lend foriend so that it .will lbecome impregnated v,with the starch *rapidly and without fatiguing the operator. After Vone .article has een thus starched, the pressure upon the pedal is rre moved whereupon the roller will again drop into the starch box ,and absorb another film of the starch. The side edges of the starch box and of the wings 1S will serve as Guides for the operator in moving the artic e' between the rollers and will thereby guard `against vdrol'iping of the article or pinching of the operators hand between the rollers. ln starching the neclnband of a shirt .or any part of an article the main portion of whic is to be kept soft, the front wall of the sta-rch .box will serve as a supportto 'prevent the body .of the garment passing `between the rollers so that the starchine operation may be performed expeditiously and Without waste of starch and wit-hout causing `an ap plieation of starch to those parts which it is desired to 'keep soft. Vhen the supply of starch has become exhausted or has cooled to such an extent as to be no longer easily workable, the starch box may be re moved and another heated box substituted therefor in an obvious manner without any appreciable loss of time.

It will be readily noted that I have provided yan exceedingly simple portable handi operated apparatus which may be readily set up at any convenient point when its use is desired and as readily set aside when it is no longer to be used. By the use of my apparatus, the starch is economically but .efficiently supplied to the goods and the operation may be performed very rapidly. The ,extensible construction of the pitman 10 permits the same to be readily adjusted to the height of thetable or other support` upon which the device is to be placed and also to the height of the operator. Both the rollers are loose upon their respective supports and, consequently, rotate only when an article is drawn between them, and by reason of their frictional engagement with the article. Liability of the operatorls hand being caughtand drawn into the biglit between the rolls is, therefore, vminimized and the starch is more effectively applied tothe article inasmuch as the rotation of the rollers is controlled by the increment of the article, and this movement will be obviously regulated so that the `starch will be uniformly applied ito t-he entire surface and will impregnate the fabric evenly throughout the same.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimedas `new is:

1. nu apparatus forthe purposeset forth comprising a base plate, a standard rising therefrom, means for securing the base plate upon a iixcdsupport,astarch box mounted upon vthe standard, an arm :projecting from the standard, swingingarm mounted upon the standard `below the first arm, mating rollers carried by said arms, the ylower roller being adapted to Vabsorb starch from ythe starch box, a link `pivoted to and .depending from the swinging `arm in advance of the standard, and means for actuating said link.

2. An apparatus `for the purpose set forth comprising a base plate, a standard rising therefrom, means for securing the base plate upon a fixed support, a starch box mounted upon the standard, arm projecting` downwardly from the standard, a swinging arm mounted upon the standard below the first arm, matingreverselytapered rollers loosely mount-ed onthe said arms, the lower roller being adapted to absorbstarch from the starch box', and lmeans for Vactuating said swinging arm.

3. il starching apparatus comprising a standard, a shelf projecting from the standw ard, a starch box carlrie'd by said shelf, `side plates hinged to the shelf and adapted to be swung upwardly against the sides of the starch box, fasten-ing devices to extend across the front of the starch box and connect the said side plates, an arm projecting from the standard above the starch box, .a swinging arm mounted `on the standard between the starch box and the first arm, rollers Vcarried by the said arms, and means for swinging the lower arm whereby to cause the roller thereon to dip into the starch in the starch box or to assume an operative position cooperating-with the roller on the upper arm.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

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